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US 2016/0097194 A1Published application
Rigid Foam Board Installation Clip
OwnerPaul Fabisinventor
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Abstract
A clip for facilitating installation of foam insulation boards in a building structure. The clip comprises a body, a spacer and a foot for holding the insulation board, and a connection region for attachment of the clip to a building structural member. The clip is designed to ensure proper ventilation and greatly easy the proper installation of rigid foam insulation.
Claims6
A foam insulation board installation clip comprising:
- a body, the body having an elongate connection region at a proximal end, the body being mountable to a building structural member with a rear of the body abutting the building structural member and a front face of the body facing away from the structural member;
- a spacer extending from a distal end of the body, the spacer having a top and a bottom, and a spacing height between the top and the bottom, the top of the spacer being a terminal end of the distal end of the clip, wherein the bottom is oriented approximately perpendicular to the body, and is spaced apart from the top;
- a foot, the foot being positionable along the body at a distance away from the spacer such that a top of the foot, the front face of the body, and the bottom of the spacer define a cavity, the cavity having an open front and sides, a top of the cavity defined by the bottom of the spacer, a bottom of the cavity defined by a top of the foot, and a rear of the cavity defined by the front face of the body, and wherein the foot is slidably adjustable along a length of the body elongate connection region in a first direction towards the spacer, and prevented from moving in a second opposite direction after passing over a portion of the body elongate connection region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.